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The Last Days of Night

Graham Moore

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Walter Mosley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

The Last Days of Socrates

Plato

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | BCE

The Last Devil to Die

Richard Osman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France

Eric Jager

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last: Endling #1

Katherine Applegate

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

The Last Flight

Julie Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Garden in England

Julia Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Graduate

Naomi Novik

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

The Last Green Valley

Mark Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last House Guest

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last House on Needless Street

Catriona Ward

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last House on the Street

Diane Chamberlain

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Housewife

Ashley Winstead

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Kids on Earth

Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

The Last Kids on Earth and the Monster Dimension

Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King

Max Brallier, Illustr. Douglas Holgate

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade

Max Brallier

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

The Last Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

The Last Leaf

O. Henry

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1907

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

Nonfiction | Essay / Speech | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Letter

Rebecca Yarros

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Last Letter From Your Lover

Jojo Moyes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2008

The Last Love Note: A Novel

Emma Grey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1826

The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

The Last Mrs. Parrish

Liv Constantine

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1826

The Last of the Moon Girls

Barbara Davis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

Julie Andrews Edwards

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1974

The Last Olympian

Rick Riordan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

The Last One at the Wedding

Jason Rekulak

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Painting of Sara De Vos

Dominic Smith

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Last Party

A. R. Torre

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Last Question

Isaac Asimov

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1956

The Last Ride Together

Robert Browning

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1855

The Last Rose of Shanghai

Weina Dai Randel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Runaway

Tracy Chevalier

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Last Rung on the Ladder

Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1978

The Last Samurai

Helen DeWitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

The Last September

Elizabeth Bowen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1929

The Last Story of Mina Lee

Nancy Jooyoun Kim

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Last Straw

Jeff Kinney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

The Last Thing He Told Me

Laura Dave

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Last Time I Lied: A Novel

Riley Sager

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

The Last to Vanish

Megan Miranda

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Tycoon

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1941

The Last Unicorn

Peter S. Beagle

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1968

The Last White Man: A Novel

Mohsin Hamid

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Last Wish

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 1993

The Last Wolf

Mary TallMountain

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1995

The Last Word

Taylor Adams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Latecomer

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Latehomecomer

Kao Kalia Yang

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2008

The Lathe Of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1971

The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 1993

The Law of Life

Jack London

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1901

The Laws of Human Nature

Robert Greene

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

The Leap

Louise Erdrich

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990

The Leash

Ada Limón

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2018

The Leavers

Lisa Ko

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

The Leaving

Tara Altebrando

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

The Ledge

Stephen King

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1976

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

The Leftovers

Tom Perrotta

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The Leftover Woman

Jean Kwok

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1820

The Lemonade Crime

Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

The Lemonade War

Jacqueline Davies

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

Sandy Tolan

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2006

The Leopard

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

Sonora Reyes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Lesson

Toni Cade Bambara

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1972

The Lesson

Eugène Ionesco

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1951

The Lesson

Maya Angelou

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1978

The Lesson of the Moth

Don Marquis

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1927

The Letters Of Abelard And Heloise

Heloise, Peter Abelard

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1133

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Nonfiction | Collection of Letters | Adult | Published in 1914

The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About

Mel Robbins

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2024

The Lexus and the Olive Tree

Thomas L. Friedman

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

The Liars' Club

Mary Karr

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1995

The Libation Bearers

Aeschylus

Fiction | Play | Adult

The Librarianist

Patrick Dewitt

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Librarian of Auschwitz

Antonio Iturbe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

The Librarian of Burned Books: A Novel

Brianna Labuskes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Library at Mount Char

Scott Hawkins

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Library Book

Susan Orlean

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2018

The Library of Babel

Jorge Luis Borges

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1941

The Lies I Tell

Julie Clark

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2006

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Martin McDonagh

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 2001

The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta

John Rollin Ridge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1854

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

Isaac Blum

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Laurence Sterne

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1759

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

Emma Knight

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Life Impossible

Matt Haig

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Life of Samuel Johnson

James Boswell

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1791

The Life She Was Given

Ellen Marie Wiseman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017